Prostits

Question 1

The prostate can be divided into biologically distinct regions
• the most important of which are .. this is important because

Answer 1

the peripheral and transition zones
→The types of proliferative lesions are different in each region

Question 2

The prostate is involved by what types of disorders

Answer 2

infectious,
inflammatory, hyperplastic, and neoplastic disorders

Question 3

PROSTATITIS types

Answer 3

1) Acute bacterial prostatitis

2) Chronic bacterial prostatitis

3) Chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Question 4

Acute bacterial prostatitis percentage

Answer 4

2%–5% of cases

Question 5

Acute bacterial prostatitis caused by

Answer 5

the same organisms associated with other acute urinary tract infections

Question 6

Chronic bacterial prostatitis percentage

Answer 6

2%–5% of cases

Question 7

Chronic bacterial prostatitis cause

Answer 7

also caused by common uropathogens

Question 8

3) Chronic pelvic pain syndrome percentage

Answer 8

90%–95% of cases

Question 9

Chronic pelvic pain syndrome can be subdivided into →

Answer 9

inflammatory cases, leukocytes in prostatic secretions +, *noninflammatory cases, leukocytes are absent

Question 10

The diagnosis of prostatitis is not typically based on biopsy why

Answer 10

the histologic findings are nonspecific
• biopsy of an infected prostatitis can result in sepsis

Question 11

granulomatous prostatitis
may produce

Answer 11

prostatic induration (hardness)

biopsy to rule out prostate cancer

Question 12

……prostatitis is relatively common

Answer 12

Nonspecific granulomatous

Question 13

Nonspecific granulomatous prostatitis stems from

Answer 13

foreign-body reaction to fluids that leak into tissue from
ruptured prostatic ducts and acini

Question 14

Type of granuloma that may be seen in granulomatous prostatitis

Answer 14

Postsurgical prostatic granulomas also may be seen.

Question 15

Clinical Features
• Acute bacterial prostatitis

Answer 15

sudden onset of → fever,
chills,
dysuria,
perineal pain, and
bladder outlet obstruction; it may be complicated by sepsis

Question 16

Clinical features Chronic bacterial prostatitis

Answer 16

usually is associated with recurrent urinary tract infections
bracketed by asymptomatic periods low back pain,
dysuria, and
perineal and suprapubic discomfort

Question 17

Both acute and chronic bacterial prostatitis is treated with

Answer 17

antibiotics.

Question 18

Clinical features Chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Answer 18

chronic pain localized to the perineum, suprapubic area, and penis
• Pain during or after ejaculation is a prominent finding
• The etiology is uncertain, and it is a diagnosis of exclusion
• it is not even clear if the pain is related to an abnormality of the prostate

Question 19

Therapy for chronic pelvic pain syndrome is

Answer 19

empirical and depends on the nature of the symptoms.